Tears and Fears in Ukraine: Glomag India September 2023

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Artist © Esteban The Speech – Volodimir Zelenskyi dutifully resisting evil supported by a brave nation yearning for peace and equality – ‘I, Volodimir Zelenskyi will never bow to evil. Our land is not for sale! Our people is not for sale! Our people will not surrender! We live here. We thrive here. We are … Continue reading Tears and Fears in Ukraine: Glomag India September 2023

Book Review: ‘Streaks of Trance’ by VATSALA RADHAKEESOON

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Book Cover Art © Vatsala Radhakeesoon Book Review : ‘Streaks of Trance’ Author: Vatsala Radhakeesoon Reviewer: Don Beukes Linktreehttps://linktr.ee/Don_Beukes Photo Credit © Vatsala Radhakeesoon   Publisher: Steve Cawte/Imspired Streaks of Trance     In this unique collection of poetry, including Haiku as well as an eclectic art collection, Radhakeesoon certainly succeeds to put the reader … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Streaks of Trance’ by VATSALA RADHAKEESOON

NEW BOOK RELEASE: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi*Thus Passes the Glory of this World: CITY OF DUST

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Book Cover Art © Janine Pickett Available from Amazon Dedication I dedicate this book to any of you who has ever been marginalised because of your culture, religion, race or sexual orientation. This is for those of you who exist in the shadows, the misunderstood, the dismissed, the forgotten ones. - Don Beukes City of … Continue reading NEW BOOK RELEASE: Sic Transit Gloria Mundi*Thus Passes the Glory of this World: CITY OF DUST

ODYSSEY TO REVERIE:GLOMAG NOV2020 with RAQUEL SORIANO GIL

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Photo Credit © Raquel Soriano Gil 🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨 Odyssey to Reverie Un sitio de esos – I sometimes yearn to languish endlessly in a place devoid from strife pain sadness hate jealousy and materialism in this ever increasing chasm called humanity where heightened emotions create toxic divisions leading to splitting fissures of boiling emotions so I … Continue reading ODYSSEY TO REVERIE:GLOMAG NOV2020 with RAQUEL SORIANO GIL

ICARUS RISING – VOLUME 1:New Book Release by Don Beukes

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© Cover art by Luke Borrill   I am happy to announce that my second collection of poetry has been published by Alien Buddha Press and made a reality by Red Fox. This unique ekphrastic collection is a result of close collaboration with artists from South Africa, America and the UK. Most of the poems were … Continue reading ICARUS RISING – VOLUME 1:New Book Release by Don Beukes

I, PHOENIX

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I, Phoenix – My fiery rebirth rumoured sons ago as my blue scars hint of my foretold metamorphosis destined to rise into azure skies yet again my aerial domain without earthly pain only the faint echo of my former existence remain as painful battle scars hasten my impending emergence as I hasten to prepare my elected destiny...

BROTHERS, FATHERS AND OTHER STORIES BY MITCHELL WALDMAN

A Review by Don Beukes Published by IMSPIRED PRESS (UK) In this immersive,provocative and engaging collection, MITCHELL WALDMAN challenges us to reflect on our own moral compass; through the experiences of the characters and their own personal battles but also situations many of us would rather try to avoid. This is where Waldman succeeds in … Continue reading BROTHERS, FATHERS AND OTHER STORIES BY MITCHELL WALDMAN

REVIEW of ‘If Not for You & Other Stories by Niles Reddick

Exclusive BOOK REVIEW of ‘If Not for You and other Stories’ by Niles Reddick published at Imspired Press, Editor and Publisher STEVE CAWTE

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ByDonBeukes

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Niles Reddick immediately demands our undivided attention right from the outset of this immersive collection of stories, whether we choose to or not, through clear descriptive writing techniques and carefully selected use of language choices,which grab our senses from the start of this creative journey.

My teen daughter screamed/she’d been bitten by a yellow fly/an annoying species that defied bug spray.”

In fact, this is the central thread throughout this collection, which holds it all together as Reddick expertly sweeps us along as he introduces a myriad of colourful but also realistic and at times vulnerable characters presented to us but also some welcome but very weird situations, leaving us satisfied but hungry for more as we are transported through the scenes in these stories. Reddick certainly displays a knack for carefully curated language choices as in, “…stared at the still, glass-like sea”, which is…

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